USN-4965-2: Apport vulnerabilities
25 May 2021
Several security issues were fixed in Apport.
Releases
Packages
- apport - automatically generate crash reports for debugging
Details
USN-4965-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Apport. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Maik Münch discovered that Apport incorrectly handled certain information
gathering operations. A local attacker could use these issues to read and
write arbitrary files as an administrator, and possibly escalate
privileges.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04
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apport
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2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
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python-apport
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2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
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python3-apport
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2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 14.04
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apport
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2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm7
Available with Ubuntu Pro
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python-apport
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2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm7
Available with Ubuntu Pro
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python3-apport
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2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm7
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Related notices
- USN-4965-1: python3-problem-report, apport-noui, apport, python-apport, apport-retrace, python-problem-report, apport-gtk, apport-kde, apport-valgrind, dh-apport, python3-apport